Policy instruments at work: A meta‐analysis of their applications
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This article uses a systematic review of the main literature in the field to shed light on different operationalizations of the main classifications of policy instruments. Although the literature offers a large number of instrument taxonomies, many of them act as theoretical guidelines rather than operational concepts that can help to disentangle the different features of governing actions. This article provides a review of the most frequently used policy instrument typologies and, through a meta‐analysis, it analyses how instrument typologies have been differentially adopted to explain real‐world phenomena. The results are a high degree of heterogeneity in citation frequency, the polyhedral nature of the concept of policy instruments, a divide between typologies focused on governmental resources and those focused on drivers of expected behaviour, and ‘labellism’. Thus, what emerges is the urgency of a process of convergence towards a common framework.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Public Administration |
Vol/bind | 99 |
Sider (fra-til) | 118–136 |
ISSN | 0033-3298 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2021 |
ID: 255507166